HeyGen vs D-ID
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
HeyGen
AI avatars and video translation
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D-ID
Talking-head video from a single still image
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | 1 video per month up to 1 minute | 5 free video creation credits |
| Paid from | $29/month (Creator) | ~$4.70/month (Lite, billed annually) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 31M+ registered users (100k+ paying business customers) | 500k+ users |
| Founded | 2020 | 2017 |
| Maker | Joshua Xu, Wayne Liang | Gil Perry, Sella Blondheim, Eliran Kuta |
| Verdict | HeyGen turns a script into a polished talking-head video with photorealistic avatars, voice cloning, and lip-synced translation across 175+ languages, and it remains the reference product in its category for marketing, t... |
D-ID is a leading AI avatar and talking-head video platform that animates a still photo or generates a presenter to deliver scripted speech, with multilingual TTS and a developer API. The March 2026 V4 Expressive Visual... |
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